The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1922
Last Quarter
48.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
1:43 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -7
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.44° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.83° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.